APES UNIT 5

Unit 5 Vocab

Eden Molina

When one person gets a hold of a resource at the expense of others.

Tragedy of the Commons

An increase in agricultural production.

The green revolution

When the genetic material of an organism has been modified by technology.

GMOs

When forests are burnt down to create a nutrient-rich layer in order to fertilize crops,

Slash and burn farming

Water is slowly dripped into crops to save water and nutrients.

Drip irrigation

Crops are completely flooded by water to evenly water every crop.

Flood irrigation

​Water is flown through crops with trenches.

Furrow Irrigation

Crops are watered with large sprinklers.

Spray irrigation

When non saline soil becomes saline.

​​Salinization

The worlds largest aquifer.

Ogallala Aquifer

An intense large scale feeding of over 1000 animals.

CAFOs

Rock that contains valuable minerals.

Ores

Mining minerals near the surface of Earth.

Surface Mining

Mining by stripping soil layer by layer.

Strip Mining

​The measure of how pressure a human puts on the Earth and its resources.

Ecological Footprint

Harvesting a sustainable resource.

Sustainable Yield

A strategy used to identify and manage pests.

IPM

A species of crops that can live up to two years without being replenished.

Perennial Crops

A type of farming in which the land has been cut into plaforms.

Terracing

Tillage is not used before planting crops to decrease soil erosion.

No-Till Agriculture

Farming in a closed off space in a body of water.

Aquaculture